code: def _asfarray_dispatcher(a, dtype=None):
      return (a,)
  
imports: from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
  import functools
  import warnings
  import numpy.core.numeric
  from numpy.core.numeric import asarray, asanyarray, isnan, zeros
  from numpy.core.overrides import set_module
  from numpy.core import overrides
  from .ufunclike import isneginf, isposinf
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: _asfarray_dispatcher(a, dtype) and returns: a